Agenda 2019

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/chemicals-leaching-food-packaging-safety-bmj Chemicals used in the processing, packaging and storing of the food, could damage to our health Scientists warn of  long-term damage of exposure Science comes out to support what many of us have been shouting from the rooftops for years. The packaging on most foods is wasteful, excessive and un necessary. Moreover, the wrapping adds to the already high levels of additives, preservatives and chemicals in the food and is detrimental to our health! Science catches up with common knowledge. Better late than never.

http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2014/02/07/50m-ship-may-be-on-line-by-october/ A new £50 million ship could be in operation by October Austal’s 102-metre trimaran  Condor ferries are in discussions with the Jersey States in respect of a long term operating licence with the company for the UK Channel Islands ferry routes. Senator Alan Maclean, Economic Development Minister announced last week. In the meantime, the company has been given an interim five-year licence after its previous one expired at the end of 2013. As part of the new arrangements, it is also reported, that provided all goes well. Condor will replace two of its existing fast ferries with a new £50 million Next Generation 102m Trimaran. The new ferry, built by Austal in Australia, with defence subsidiaries in the United States and a commercial shipyard in the Philippines, has a capacity for 1165 passengers and 245 cars. It is proposed that the ferry will be in service by October of this year (201...

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/17/business-leaders-alex-salmond-currency-union?commentpage=1 Business leaders attack Alex Salmond Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling   Vote No. The "Vote No" campaign propaganda is getting nasty and it is getting personal. Last nights media coverage with contributions from Danny Alexander, Alastair Darling and the rest, was full of comments and snide remarks aimed directly at Alex Salmond on a personal level. "If Salmond gets his way", "Salmond hasn't got a plan" and "Salmond making empty and angry speeches", were amongst the more moderate comments from some  Westminster politicians and those "business leaders" who each have their own agenda's advocating a "No" vote in the referendum. In every political campaign associated with elections or even referenda, there comes a point when one side or the other resort to the tactic of "personalising...

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/16/flood-area-defences-funding-cuts Flood area defences put on hold by government funding cuts   David Cameron visiting a flood-hit area   Has anyone ever thought that the spending cuts have not contributed to the present disastrous conditions in the Thames Valley or the Somerset levels, or any of the numerous other locations around the country? Successive governments, but predominately this current ConDem coalition disaster, save £millions with their budget cuts, and it costs the country £billions in flood damage, farming losses and disruption to travel and transport with a huge repair bill to come. It has also resulted in immeasurable hardship and suffering for thousands of people who have seen considerable damage, or even complete destruction of their homes and businesses, the loss of sometimes irreplaceable possessions and disruption of their lives for months if not years to come. Funding cuts for essential s...

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/17/nick-clegg-hint-coalition-labour Clegg hints at possible coalition deal with Labour in 2015 The deputy prime minister and desperate to remain so   Clegg, the two faced hypocrite who again demonstrates, that he would say and do anything in order to hang on to his grubby little piece of power sitting at the cabinet table. The rewards of office are far more important to this wretched man than any thought of principle or credibility. He and those who follow him should be returned to where they belong, in the obscurity of opposition after the 2015 election.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/15/syria-peace-talks_n_4794415.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Peace talks in Geneva are on the verge of collapse, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi Did anyone really expect anything to come as a result of these "peace talks"? The FSA and the other 1001 rebel groups, are fighting with each other for control of regions of Syria and have wildly divergent social, political and economic aims. The only factor which they have in common is the objective of removing Bashar al-Assad from power. The only objective that America and the United Kingdom has, is regime change in Damascus and to this end, both are determined to launch a campaign of military intervention as soon as the climate of public opinion at home allows. With this objective, the politicians of both countries have embarked on a propaganda assault, enthusiastically taken up by the television and media, demonising Assad and thereby seeking to justify economic and military support for...

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wythenshawe-byelection-labour-hold-seat-as-ukip-surge-from-fifth-to-second-place-9127405.html Wythenshawe by-election: Labour hold seat as Ukip surge from fifth to second place Labour Party candidate Mike Kane, tops the poll.. There is only one statistic that the political parties should be concerned about. From a total electorate of more than 85,000 people eligible to vote, the turn out was only 28% and of those, the "winning" candidate received 0nly 13,261 votes. Since 1945, it has usually been the case that the turn out for a by election has been significantly higher than 30%, averaging around 48% although in recent years, the number of people voting at any form of election for Westminster, has been rapidly declining. The "major parties" (and UKIP) should be asking themselves questions as to why, in these times of austerity, only 23,000 people actually bother to go to the polling stations to cast their ...